My son graduated from Groton on July 31st and went to HI. He cancelled his internet service before he left but I was checking his checking account because he has already left on his first deployment and the company has pulled another payment from his account.
Does anyone at Groton know how I can contact this company to see about fixing this?
Good luck to all the sailors starting their new classes today. One step closer to joining the fleet. What a journey we are on together.
Big navy hugs to all the moms
Can anyone tell me at what point the new sailors are allowed a car on base? Our son is in Phase II but trying to figure out when he would be allowed a personal vehicle. It sure would be much easier when the stand down comes for Christmas if he did not have to rely on taxi or trains, etc to get to airport for flights. He is not wanting older family car, 91 Taurus but we feel best thing until he gets PDS. Also driving in lots of snow will be new for him. We have ice in GA and snow sometimes.
CAKES! Someone was looking for info but I can't find the conversation, but here you go: on fb, K's homemade sweets n treats. Kristen can also be reached at klajoie0204@sbcglobal.net
I forgot to join this group awhile ago....lol.....my son just graduated BESS this past friday....and started BMS yesterday....I am a very proud mama....HOOYAH!!!!
Proud Mom of Two - My son graduated from BESS last Friday and started BMS yesterday as well. Small class of only 10 sailors . Very cool that are kids are in the same class. The BMS is only three weeks than he is on hold for a week and on to weapon school for ten weeks. I am so proud of all of the sailors. HOOYAH !!
Question regarding their flight out - If my sailor's flight leaves form terminal 3 (O'Hare), will the RTC bus take them directly to Terminal 3, or will they stop at terminal 2 USO first? I need to figure out where to meet up with him to get the Gate pass.
Bainite, they will be dropped off at Terminal 2 to check in with the USO, eventually check in with airline and get luggage tags. Meet him at terminal 2. As I tell everyone, when my son left at the end of July we parked in hourly parking. His flight did not leave until 7ish. We were not thinking and we had a $41.00 parking fee. Park in the day rate, it is about $12.00. Airport is dead at 2:00am. Lots of space and make sure to remember where you parked. Our brain was fried at that point with no sleep. Took us a few minutes to remember where we parked. We live in Atlanta and travel through Atlanta International all the time but we did not remember to note where we parked. Enjoy your time together before his flight. My son is enjoying Groton and will graduate BESS on Oct 3d and then start A school there also.
FlowerPower he will probably be able to come home at Christmas time. My son was there for Thanksgiving last year and Mom C was kind enough to provide him with a home cooked Thanksgiving meal!!! I and he will be ever so grateful to her and her family!!!!!!
OMGoodness, MOM C ship 10/ div 257! That would be so awesome! Hoping to be able to come out there, but in the event we cant be with him I am ecstatic knowing there is a Navy family willing to have him. Thank you so very much!
Jodymac-when we visited my son in Groton we flew in to Boston and it was an easy drive. We stayed at the Navy Lodge in New London which is only about 5 minutes from the sub base. The prices were great and the room has a kitchenette in case you want to cook for your Sailor. At some point during your visit, you'll have to bring your Sailor to the hotel so they he can show his military ID. We went to New York for the weekend and when we got back into town we visited Mystic and of course went to their famous pizza parlor. We also went to the Gillette Castle in East Haddam, CT. It's about 35-40 minutes from the base.
Navy Lodge is a great place to stay. Flanders Fish Market is great to eat at, although more pricy. . And for homey food, the Groton Townhouse. Oh yes, a must place to eat is Pauls Pasta. They make their pasta.These are all close. Trip to Boston, trip to NY all doable in a day.
I rented a car because we were there for about a week. I don't remember how long the ride was. We stayed the weekend in NY and did all the touristy stuff. I live in Florida and it takes more than 8 hours to get out of the state, so a couple of hours is a piece of cake :)
Unless your son has a car you can use, you need to rent one...play the internet game ie Hotwire or a myriad of others...you obviously want to go places and see the area...
My son got his verbal orders last night. He will eventually be going to Kingsbay Ga. His ship is elsewhere in dry dock for a year. So I guess that will delay his quals for his fish. He seems excited!
Scuba girl - they get orders toward the end of A school. Depending on your sons rate, there may be techno & ATT school before A school. My son has been in Groton since December - he's ready to actually be a sailor!
He will be Machinist Mate on Weapons. I know he has A school and then possibly have C school so I guess it will be a while. I was wondering because some of his mates mom's from boot camp are posting their sailors have orders already. Guess they do not have as much school as my sailor.
Many of those people are surface fleet sailors. They went to a school right out of basic training so yes they going to get assigned a whole lot faster than the submariners do. All submariners have to go through eight weeks of Bess before they do anything else
BESS graduation in two weeks! WOOOHOO! Driving to CT from IN, staying at Navy Lodge, going to have a K's Sweets & Treats cake. Am hoping my son has his orders so he can come home with us!
hoosiermamma - BESS is just the beginning! Depending on rate he has possibly 3 more schools before orders! Mine is Sonar - SECF, graduated BESS in February, Techno in April, ATT in May and should graduate A school in October. He got his orders last night.
Actually Cath, my son completed YN A school in May so BESS is his last step before the fleet. The YN detailer tends to drag his feet, my son has had several YN friends graduate since he has been at Groton and many of them have been put on hold for weeks waiting their orders. Keeping my fingers crossed!
That's true - I remember a sailors leaving right after BESS. Those sailors flew out the next day. I'm sure as soon as he knows - you'll know! Hopefully he will hear soon!
I believe YNs and LSs (both have A school in Meridian, MS) leave right after BESS. Didn't go to MS for A school graduation so HAVE to be there for BESS! Looking forward to Paul's Pasta and Ted's Burgers!
Thanks Cath Bubblehead, I thought that was the reason. I know he has A school next in Groton and then possibly C school before he gets a PDS. I will be going to BESS graduation on October 3rd. If anyone can not be there then and wants pictures let me know. I will gladly take pictures.
Enjoy, BESS - it is a nice ceremony. It made me feel a whole lot better about him being underwater for months! There is a tremendous camaraderie in that group!
Happy Sunday! My son had PIR on Aug 15th and then straight to sub school..I'm just learning about BESS. does anyone have info on this? My NS says he thinks the graduation is on the 17th of Oct. but doesn't know for sure. I'd like to go!
Welcome navymom1991! BESS is about 8 weeks.there is a great document on the BESS FB page. If you are not on Facebook, I will try to copy it here. BESS is all about learning every aspect of the sub. After BESS there will be more training. My son PIR'd in December, he will finally be getting a boat in October!
navymom 1991 my son was there about 2 weeks before BESS started as they had to wait until enough new sailors arrived to start a new class. Your sailor may be lucky and get to start soon. I know they have to have indoctrination before class starts. My son is scheduled to graduate BESS on Oct 3rd and then has A school. Hoping there is not a wait for that class to start, but from what I read it is common for holds until there is enough sailors for a class. I am looking forward to my visit in October. Welcome
The BESS graduation is for families as well as the sailors. No limit on the number attending. It is intimate, pictures are encouraged - but cell phones are not allowed in the building.
I was impressed with the comoradarie with the submariners.
Navymon1991, My son's BESS graduation is Oct 3rd so it will be my first trip to Groton. He will be there in school until early spring next year. I will go for the BESS graduation and then back for A school graduation. With any luck I will also go once between the two graduations. I will be taking pictures for anyone that is not able to attend.
Received the Keel today from my son's boot camp. Looking forward to seeing if I find pictures of him in it. Have not received my DVD yet. He had PIR 7/25/14.
Scubagirl, when we were looking through my son's Keel, they used the serious picture of him. When I showed our grandson, he said "Uncle John looks sad" but then saw all the other sailor pictures and pointed to one and said "he's happy there"
To the 2 year old, they all looked like Uncle John!
Cath Bubblehead, that is so funny. What was your PIR date? I got to watch PIR DVD yesterday and did see my son march in. Granddaughter watched so she could see her Uncle. She could not go but made a poster for me to take for him.
Scuba girl, my son PIR'd last Dec. he is in A school, and will be graduating the end of October. This year has flown by!
So sweet about your granddaughter making a poster! Last Thanksgiving when the whole crew was over, we put together a poster for PIR. I had photoshopped a picture of my son with a sailor uniform on. We ended up placing that picture on an empty chair at the table - it was too funny.
Ladies. I have not been on here very much because my son has been on hold for his security clearance due to student loans. WELL, I got a phone call this morning. He has been cleared and can now start school
Linda
Congratulations to all the sailors who graduated BESS this morning. Proud of all of them!!
Aug 22, 2014
Nereida
Aug 22, 2014
Nereida
Aug 22, 2014
sggkw4
My son graduated from Groton on July 31st and went to HI. He cancelled his internet service before he left but I was checking his checking account because he has already left on his first deployment and the company has pulled another payment from his account.
Does anyone at Groton know how I can contact this company to see about fixing this?
Aug 24, 2014
tysmom
Did your sailor leave you in charge of his finances? You should be able to stop it. Call the company directly.
Come join the Hawaii group.
Aug 24, 2014
Linda
Big navy hugs to all the moms
Aug 25, 2014
scubagirl
Can anyone tell me at what point the new sailors are allowed a car on base? Our son is in Phase II but trying to figure out when he would be allowed a personal vehicle. It sure would be much easier when the stand down comes for Christmas if he did not have to rely on taxi or trains, etc to get to airport for flights. He is not wanting older family car, 91 Taurus but we feel best thing until he gets PDS. Also driving in lots of snow will be new for him. We have ice in GA and snow sometimes.
Aug 26, 2014
Annette
CAKES! Someone was looking for info but I can't find the conversation, but here you go: on fb, K's homemade sweets n treats. Kristen can also be reached at klajoie0204@sbcglobal.net
Aug 26, 2014
ProudMomOfTwo
Aug 27, 2014
Linda
Proud Mom of Two - My son graduated from BESS last Friday and started BMS yesterday as well. Small class of only 10 sailors . Very cool that are kids are in the same class. The BMS is only three weeks than he is on hold for a week and on to weapon school for ten weeks. I am so proud of all of the sailors. HOOYAH !!
Aug 27, 2014
Bainite
New sailor - on his way to Groton tomorrow:
Question regarding their flight out - If my sailor's flight leaves form terminal 3 (O'Hare), will the RTC bus take them directly to Terminal 3, or will they stop at terminal 2 USO first? I need to figure out where to meet up with him to get the Gate pass.
Aug 29, 2014
scubagirl
Bainite, they will be dropped off at Terminal 2 to check in with the USO, eventually check in with airline and get luggage tags. Meet him at terminal 2. As I tell everyone, when my son left at the end of July we parked in hourly parking. His flight did not leave until 7ish. We were not thinking and we had a $41.00 parking fee. Park in the day rate, it is about $12.00. Airport is dead at 2:00am. Lots of space and make sure to remember where you parked. Our brain was fried at that point with no sleep. Took us a few minutes to remember where we parked. We live in Atlanta and travel through Atlanta International all the time but we did not remember to note where we parked. Enjoy your time together before his flight. My son is enjoying Groton and will graduate BESS on Oct 3d and then start A school there also.
Aug 29, 2014
Bainite
Scubagirl, THANK YOU!! :D
Aug 29, 2014
FlowerPowerNavyMom
Good morning Moms!
I have a question - My son will be in sub school for the holidays. Do they get time to come home or would it be possible to go there to see him?
Thank You!
Sep 2, 2014
mrsb
FlowerPower he will probably be able to come home at Christmas time. My son was there for Thanksgiving last year and Mom C was kind enough to provide him with a home cooked Thanksgiving meal!!! I and he will be ever so grateful to her and her family!!!!!!
Sep 2, 2014
FlowerPowerNavyMom
OMGoodness, MOM C ship 10/ div 257! That would be so awesome! Hoping to be able to come out there, but in the event we cant be with him I am ecstatic knowing there is a Navy family willing to have him. Thank you so very much!
Sep 2, 2014
Lani
Sep 3, 2014
tysmom
Navy Lodge is a great place to stay. Flanders Fish Market is great to eat at, although more pricy. . And for homey food, the Groton Townhouse. Oh yes, a must place to eat is Pauls Pasta. They make their pasta.These are all close. Trip to Boston, trip to NY all doable in a day.
Sep 3, 2014
Lani
Sep 3, 2014
tysmom
Unless your son has a car you can use, you need to rent one...play the internet game ie Hotwire or a myriad of others...you obviously want to go places and see the area...
Sep 3, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
My son got his verbal orders last night. He will eventually be going to Kingsbay Ga. His ship is elsewhere in dry dock for a year. So I guess that will delay his quals for his fish. He seems excited!
Sep 5, 2014
scubagirl
My son is still in BESS until Oct 3rd, but at what point do they get their orders? Is it during A school or before?
Sep 5, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
Sep 5, 2014
scubagirl
Sep 5, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
Sep 5, 2014
hoosiermamma
BESS graduation in two weeks! WOOOHOO! Driving to CT from IN, staying at Navy Lodge, going to have a K's Sweets & Treats cake. Am hoping my son has his orders so he can come home with us!
Sep 5, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
hoosiermamma - BESS is just the beginning! Depending on rate he has possibly 3 more schools before orders! Mine is Sonar - SECF, graduated BESS in February, Techno in April, ATT in May and should graduate A school in October. He got his orders last night.
Sep 5, 2014
hoosiermamma
Actually Cath, my son completed YN A school in May so BESS is his last step before the fleet. The YN detailer tends to drag his feet, my son has had several YN friends graduate since he has been at Groton and many of them have been put on hold for weeks waiting their orders. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Sep 5, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
That's true - I remember a sailors leaving right after BESS. Those sailors flew out the next day. I'm sure as soon as he knows - you'll know! Hopefully he will hear soon!
Sep 5, 2014
hoosiermamma
I believe YNs and LSs (both have A school in Meridian, MS) leave right after BESS. Didn't go to MS for A school graduation so HAVE to be there for BESS! Looking forward to Paul's Pasta and Ted's Burgers!
Sep 5, 2014
scubagirl
Thanks Cath Bubblehead, I thought that was the reason. I know he has A school next in Groton and then possibly C school before he gets a PDS. I will be going to BESS graduation on October 3rd. If anyone can not be there then and wants pictures let me know. I will gladly take pictures.
Sep 5, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
Enjoy, BESS - it is a nice ceremony. It made me feel a whole lot better about him being underwater for months! There is a tremendous camaraderie in that group!
Sep 5, 2014
Navymom1991
Happy Sunday! My son had PIR on Aug 15th and then straight to sub school..I'm just learning about BESS. does anyone have info on this? My NS says he thinks the graduation is on the 17th of Oct. but doesn't know for sure. I'd like to go!
Sep 7, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
Sep 7, 2014
scubagirl
navymom 1991 my son was there about 2 weeks before BESS started as they had to wait until enough new sailors arrived to start a new class. Your sailor may be lucky and get to start soon. I know they have to have indoctrination before class starts. My son is scheduled to graduate BESS on Oct 3rd and then has A school. Hoping there is not a wait for that class to start, but from what I read it is common for holds until there is enough sailors for a class. I am looking forward to my visit in October. Welcome
Sep 7, 2014
Navymom1991
Thanks for the great info scubagirl and Cath...Did anyone attend the ceremony? or is this just for the SN's?
Sep 7, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
I was impressed with the comoradarie with the submariners.
Sep 7, 2014
Navymom1991
Thanks again! I am going to go. I'll get pictures if anyone wants to see..
Sep 7, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
Sep 7, 2014
scubagirl
Navymon1991, My son's BESS graduation is Oct 3rd so it will be my first trip to Groton. He will be there in school until early spring next year. I will go for the BESS graduation and then back for A school graduation. With any luck I will also go once between the two graduations. I will be taking pictures for anyone that is not able to attend.
Sep 7, 2014
navyboy2012
Some of you may all ready know about this group!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1d6iyaLiqt2kG26SgoXhc1U_P4zTRvGcCV2...
Sep 9, 2014
FlowerPowerNavyMom
Good morning Moms!
Question - Blanket. Can my SR take the blanket I made for him to have at school with him or do I need to ship later?
Sep 10, 2014
scubagirl
Sep 12, 2014
tidefan
flower power ship it to him
Sep 13, 2014
scubagirl
Received the Keel today from my son's boot camp. Looking forward to seeing if I find pictures of him in it. Have not received my DVD yet. He had PIR 7/25/14.
Sep 13, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
Scubagirl, when we were looking through my son's Keel, they used the serious picture of him. When I showed our grandson, he said "Uncle John looks sad" but then saw all the other sailor pictures and pointed to one and said "he's happy there"
To the 2 year old, they all looked like Uncle John!
Sep 13, 2014
mark's mom
Scubagirl, my son had his PIR 7/25/14, and we haven't received our DVD or pics yet.
Sep 13, 2014
scubagirl
Cath Bubblehead, that is so funny. What was your PIR date? I got to watch PIR DVD yesterday and did see my son march in. Granddaughter watched so she could see her Uncle. She could not go but made a poster for me to take for him.
Sep 16, 2014
Cath Bubblehead mom
So sweet about your granddaughter making a poster! Last Thanksgiving when the whole crew was over, we put together a poster for PIR. I had photoshopped a picture of my son with a sailor uniform on. We ended up placing that picture on an empty chair at the table - it was too funny.
Sep 16, 2014
tidefan
Ladies. I have not been on here very much because my son has been on hold for his security clearance due to student loans. WELL, I got a phone call this morning. He has been cleared and can now start school
Sep 18, 2014